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The Concussion Debate: Can Playing Contact Sports Cause Brain Damage?

The Real Science of Sport Podcast

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The Recovery Rate of a Concussion

The best tool to diagnose a concussion is the symptoms. To get the symptoms, you're relying on the player to be honest with you. We and most sports have said no to mandatory 21 or 28 day stand down for concussions. It's from the moment of concussion, you should have at least four weeks out. But humans are notoriously rubbish at looking after their future behavior based on their present decisions.

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